Best Songs of the '70s

Some of best musical genres came into existence in the '70s and this article is a compilation of some of the most popular, controversial and best songs of that decade.

Here you will come across songs belonging to genres such as rock, romance, country, disco, and dance. And all these songs were known to be the blockbusters in the music industry during the '70s. I am certain, and need not describe the kind, the taste, and the charm of the music in that era. This is the reason there are people who still look for such songs to make a great collection out of them and honor their golden age of music.

Rock Songs

We Will Rock You/We Are the Champions - Queen

Going to California - Led Zeppelin

Won't Get Fooled Again - The Who

Forever Young - Bob Dylan

Fox on the Run - Sweet

Hotel California - The Eagles

Born to Run - Bruce Springsteen

Superstition - Stevie Wonder

Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen

Bridge Over Troubled Water - Simon and Garfunkel

Let's Stay Together - Al Green

American Pie - Don McLean

Stayin' Alive - The Bee Gees

Brown Sugar - The Rolling Stones

Let's Get It On - Marvin Gaye

Go Your Own Way - Fleetwood Mac

Papa Was A Rollin' Stone - The Temptations

More Than A Feeling - Boston

I Will Survive - Gloria Gaynor

Dream On - Aerosmith

Another Brick in the Wall, Part II - Pink Floyd

Anarchy in the UK - The Sex Pistols

Dancing Queen - Abba

Get Up (I Feel Like Being a) Sex Machine - James Brown

Sweet Home Alabama - Lynyrd Skynyrd

Smoke on the Water - Deep Purple

Sultans of Swing - Dire Straits

Kashmir - Led Zeppelin

Heart of Glass - Blondie

Paranoid - Black Sabbath

Heart of Gold - Neil Young

Walk on the Wild Side - Lou Reed

That's the Way of the World - Earth, Wind and Fire

The Payback - James Brown

Love Songs

Ain't No Sunshine - Bill Withers

Can't Give You Anything (But My Love) - The Stylistics

Can't Smile Without You - Barry Manilow

Always On My Mind - Elvis Presley

Don't Give Up On Us - David Soul

How Deep Is Your Love - The Bee Gees

If You Leave Me Now - Chicago

Jealous Guy - John Lennon

Lovin' You - Minnie Ripperton

Midnight Train To Georgia - Knight, Gladys And The Pips

My Love - Wings

So You Win Again - Hot Chocolate

Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word - Elton John

The First Time I Ever Saw Your Face - Roberta Flack

We've Only Just Begun - The Carpenters

Where Do I Begin (Love Story) - Andy Williams

Wonderful Tonight - Eric Clapton

Your Song - Elton John

Love on a Two Way Street - Moments

Turn Back The Hands Of Time - Tyrone Davis

For The Love Of Him - Bobbi Martin

Love or Let Me Be Lonely - Friends Of Distinction

Country Songs

The Most Beautiful Girl - Charlie Rich

Every Which Way but Loose - Eddie Rabbitt

Coward of the County - Kenny Rogers

Okie from Muskogee - Merle Haggard

Luckenbach, Texas (Back to the Basics of Love) - Waylon Jennings

Please Don't Tell Me How the Story Ends - Ronnie Milsap

Lord, I Hope This Day Is Good - Don Williams

Coat of Many Colors - Dolly Parton

Loving Her Today - George Jones

All The Gold In California - The Gatlin Brothers

Her Name Is... - George Jones

She's Actin' Single (I'm Drinkin' Doubles) - Gary Stewart

Country Sunshine - Dottie West

I Just Fall In Love Again - Anne Murray

Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue - Crystal Gayle

It Was Almost Like A Song - Ronnie Milsap

She's All I Got - Johnny Paycheck

Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain - Willie Nelson

Behind Closed Doors - Charlie Rich

The Grand Tour - George Jones

The Year That Clayton Delaney Died - Tom T. Hall

For The Good Times - Ray Price

If We Make It Through December - Merle Haggard

Disco Songs

Disco Magic - T-Connection

Disco Wedding Suite (Honeymoon In Puerto Rico) - Paul Jabara

Disco Nights (Rock Freak) - G.Q

Disco Inferno - The Tramp

Disco Circus - Martin Circus

Dance, Disco Heat - Sylvester

Gigi In Paradisco - Dalid

Over And Over - Disco Circus

Love Disco Style - Erotic Drum Band

Le Freak - Chic

Funky Town - Lipps Inc

Born To Be Alive - Patrick Hernandez

Shame - Evelyn "Champagne" King

That's The Way I Like It - K.C. & the Sunshine Band

Night Fever - Bee Gees

Knock On Wood - Amii Stewart

Last Dance - Donna Summer

Heaven Must Be Missing An Angel - Tavares

Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough - Michael Jackson

Hot Stuff - Donna Summer

Boogie Oogie Oogie -A Taste Of Honey

Ladies Night - Kool & the Gang

Turn The Beat Around - Vicki Sue Robinson

Come To Me - France Joli

Give It To Me Baby - Rick James

Where Do We Go From Here - Trammps

Contact - Edwin Starr

Think (About It) - Lynn Collins

Rock The Boat - Hues Corporation

Doing It To Death - Fred Wesley & J.B.'s (James Brown)

La La Peace Song - O.C. Smith

I Found Love - Love & Kisses

Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now - McFadden & Whitehead

Got To Give It Up (pt. 1) - Marvin Gaye

Dance Songs

I Found Love Now That I Found You - Love And Kisses (Alec R Costandinos)

Risky Changes - Gregg Diamond / Bionic Boogie

Cherchez La Femme - Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band

Disco Nights (Rock Freak) - G.Q.

Got To Be Real - Cheryl Lynn

Do What You Wanna Do - T-Connection

If there's Love - Amant

Touch Me in the Morning - Marlena Shaw

Devil's Gun - CJ And Company

Hot Shot - Karen Young

Native New Yorker - Odyssey

I Feel Love (Patrick Cowley MegaMix) - Donna Summer

Quiet Village - Ritchie Family

Dance, Dance, Dance (Yowsah, Yowsah, Yowsah) - Chic

Let's Go Round Again - Average White Band

Give Me Love - Cerrone

Get Off - Foxy

I Got My Mind Made Up - Instant Funk

Shame - Evelyn "Champagne" King

Rough Diamond - Madleen Kane

Call Me Tonight - Cerrone

Body Music - The Strikers

Two Hot For Love - THP Orchestra

Never Can Say Goodbye - Gloria Gaynor

Ring My Bell - Anita Ward

The Break - Kat Mandu

Shake It Up Tonight - Cheryl Lynn

Can We Try Again - Technique

Free Man - South Shore Commission

Heartbeat - Taana Gardner

Pleasure Island - Paul Jabara

Dancing In My Sleep - Frisky

With this, I will take your leave for now. But hey, there may be some songs which I have not enlisted in these lists. So, in case you run out of these numbers, drop in the next time for more. Till then, Adios!